2013 Alabama's 1st congressional district special election

2013 Alabama's 1st congressional district special election

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Alabama's 1st congressional district
 
Nominee Bradley Byrne Burton LeFlore
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 36,042 14,968
Percentage 71.0% 29.0%

U.S. Representative before election

Jo Bonner
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Bradley Byrne
Republican

A special election for Alabama's 1st congressional district was held following the resignation of Jo Bonner on August 2, 2013, to become vice chancellor for the University of Alabama.[1] Primary elections were held on September 24. A runoff in the Republican primary took place on November 5 and the general election was pushed back to December 17.[2] Republican Bradley Byrne won the election by a wide margin in the strongly conservative district.[3]

  1. ^ "LIVE: Rep. Jo Bonner talks about his resignation from Congress; new job at UA". Blog.al.com. May 23, 2013. Retrieved May 24, 2013.
  2. ^ "9 Republicans, 2 Democrats qualify for AL-01 congressional race". Blog.al.com. August 6, 2013. Retrieved August 7, 2013.
  3. ^ Sullivan, Sean (December 17, 2013). "Republican Bradley Byrne wins Alabama special election". The Washington Post. Washington, DC. Retrieved December 18, 2013.

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